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Towards a national system for continuing assessment in care homes: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Assessment of elderly people in nursing and residential care home is assuming increasing importance with a growing recognition of wide variations in the charging costs and quality of care required for individuals over time. However, there is no standard system in place for continuing assessment to inform both the development of individual care plans and broader institutional management. A study by a team at the University of Kent examined the role of assessment and addressed the potential for a standard assessment system that could be used in care homes on a nation-wide basis.
Regulating residential care for elderly people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Over 300,000 people in England now live in the 12,000 residential care homes for elderly people registered and inspected by local authorities. How effective is this machinery for maintaining standards? What the options for change? This study, reported by the authors from the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath, addresses these issues as a contribution to the debate prompted by the Department of Health's decision to review the whole system of regulation.
Adult placement services and the effect of the Registered Homes (Amendment) Act: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Registered Home (Amendment) act which came into force in April 1993 required all small homes with fewer than four residents to be registered. This included family placements which offer vulnerable adults either short or long-term accommodation. Carol Robinson and Ken Simons conducted two national surveys of opinion on the impact of the act: one of the registration officers who deal with small home (ROs), the other of adult placement officers (APOs). The findings reveal that these two groups of professionals see the new legislation, and its good and bad effects, very differently.
Care standards in the residential care sector: summary
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The growth in the number of people over 80 years old coupled with the increased level of clients entering residential and nursing homes is occurring at a time of significant change within local authorities and health authorities. Examines the issues surrounding quality, qualifications and regulations in the residential care sector and concludes.
The effect on carers of a frail older person's admission to a care home
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Over half a million older people currently live in long-term residential or nursing home care in the UK. Describes a qualitative study by Age Concern Institute of Gerontology King's College London which examines the consequences for adult children and spouses following an older person's admission to a care home. It focuses specifically on how and why a care home was chosen, any financial consequences for family members and their involvement in care-giving activities in a residential setting.